The death toll from a major earthquake in eastern Afghanistan passed 1,400 on Tuesday, with more than 3,000 people injured, Zabihullah Mujahid, a Taliban government spokesman, said on social platform X. Rescuers are scrambling in a “race against time” to reach the mountainous and remote area devastated by Sunday's powerful 6.0 magnitude earthquake, a U.N. official said, warning of an exponential rise in the number of casualties. MORE: https://www.wthr.com/article/news/nation-world/afghanistan-quake-survivors-death-toll-passes-1400/507-1f0965fe-e6ec-4cec-bec2-0b8c5931e0b3